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Following the announcement of industrial action by the UCU on Friday 23rd February, Fabian Hamilton MP has withdrawn from the British Foreign Policy Group panel due to take place on the day at the University of Leeds. Mr Hamilton said: “Following the decision of the UCU to strike on the Friday 23rd February, I have decided to withdraw from the British Foreign Policy Group panel. The panel discussion was due to take place on the same day as planned industrial action as lecturers and staff walk over pensions, and I am not prepared to cross the picket line. The UCU has made it very clear that it has been forced into this action, as proposed changes to the pension scheme would leave lecturers £10,000 worse off than under the current scheme. Striking staff from the university have my absolute support in resolving this issue in favour of the workers.”… Read more

Fabian Hamilton MP calls for East Coast Rail to be brought back into public ownership “In light of the announcement that Virgin Trains East Coast’s contract is being terminated 3 years early, Labour is calling for it to be brought back into public ownership after it was privatised in 2015.… Read more

Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson refuses to apologise over Libya comments During the Conservative Party conference, Boris Johnson remarked that the Libyan city of Sirte would be a good tourist destination "when they clear the dead bodies away". In light of the recent conflict in Libya, this comment not only… Read more

Featured in The National, speaking at a Westminster Hall debate on human rights in Iran: Labour’s Fabian Hamilton, who represents Leeds North East, also highlighted Rouhani’s Scottish connection, saying: “In spite of the thesis that he wrote while at university in Glasgow, we have seen no significant human rights improvements in… Read more

Fabian Hamilton MP: Statement on synagogue vandalism in Leeds North East “As a Jew, the vandalism at the Etz Chaim synagogue in Alwoodley was particularly hurtful for me on a personal level, but to happen in my own constituency was even more of a disappointment. It is important we treat… Read more

Fabian Hamilton MP, Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament, statement on the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN): “As a long-time supporter of ICAN and the work it does to encourage the ultimate abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide, I am extremely pleased… Read more

Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament, Fabian Hamilton MP has warned that Kim Jong Un is more dangerous than President Trump, as rhetoric escalates on the Korean peninsula. In an interview with the Daily Politics from the Labour Party Conference in Brighton this week, Hamilton said “America has a very… Read more

The world needs Statesmanship over North Korea, not Brinkmanship Back in March, Fabian Hamilton was the only British MP present in New York for the initial negotiations of the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty, paving the way for mainstream thought at the UN, in line with over 120 countries… Read more